Lama G. Cuvier 1800

Lama G. Cuvier 1800, Lecon's Anat. Comp., Part I: tab. 1.

Type Species: Camelus glama Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Aucheria F. Cuvier 1830; Auchenia Illiger 1811; Auchenias Wagner 1843; Dromedarius Wagler 1830; Guanaco Perry 1811; Lacma Tiedemann 1804; Llacma Illiger 1815; Llama Gray 1852; Neoauchenia Ameghino 1891; Pacos Gray 1872; Vicunia Rafinesque 1815 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Lama glama (Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Lama glama subsp. glama Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Lama glama subsp. cacsilensis Lönnberg 1913

Subspecies Lama glama subsp. guanicoe Müller 1776

Discussion: Evolution of domesticated llama and alpaca from wild ancestors reviewed by Wheeler (1995) and Kadwell et al. (2001).